Lancaster, PA Metro Area

Lancaster County, sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States.

Type: Economic region with 520,000 residents
Description: metropolitan area in Pennsylvania, United States
Also known as: “29540”, “Lancaster metro area”, “Lancaster metropolitan area”, “Lancaster metropolitan statistical area”, “Lancaster MSA”, “Lancaster, PA”, “Lancaster, PA metropolitan area”, “Lancaster, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area”, and “Lancaster, PA MSA”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dutch Wonderland and Kingdom Coaster.

Dutch Wonderland

Theme park

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Dutch Wonderland is a 48-acre theme park just east of Lancaster, Pennsylvania in East Lampeter Township, appealing primarily to families with small children.

Kingdom Coaster

Roller coaster

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Kingdom Coaster is the name of a wooden roller coaster located at Dutch Wonderland near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The first coaster ever built by Custom Coasters International, it uses a single Philadelphia Toboggan Company train with buzz bars.

Smoketown Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Rockybreslow, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Smoketown Airport is an airport open to the public, located in Smoketown, 6.3 miles east of Lancaster, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. The airport is owned by Marlin Horst and managed by Mel Glick.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lancaster and Strasburg.

Lancaster

Photo: Scanlan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lancaster is a city of around 59,000 people in Lancaster County in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. It is one of the oldest inland towns in the United States, and the center of an area inhabited by many members of the Amish community.

Strasburg

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Strasburg is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It developed as a linear village stretching approximately 2 miles along the Great Conestoga Road, later known as the Strasburg Road.

Leola

Town

Leola is a census-designated place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It includes the unincorporated communities of Leola, Leacock, and Bareville, and prior to 2010 was known as the Leacock-Leola-Bareville census-designated place. Leola is situated 4½ miles northeast of Lancaster, PA Metro Area.

Lancaster, PA Metro Area

Category: metropolitan statistical area
Location: Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.0424° or 40° 2′ 33″ north

Longitude

-76.2477° or 76° 14′ 52″ west

Population

520,000

Elevation

364 feet (111 metres)

Open location code

87G52QR2+XW

GeoNames ID

12213648

Wikidata ID

Q9098517

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Satellite Map

Discover Lancaster, PA Metro Area from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From German to Spanish—“Lancaster, PA Metro Area” goes by many names.

German: “Metropolregion Lancaster”
Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Lancaster”
Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Lancaster”
Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Lancaster”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Eastland Hills and Bridgeport.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham Lan and Graffa Mill Dam.

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